Three brothers – Maksat, Saparmyrat and Yusup Atabayev - excelled at the Turkmenistan Chess Champion's Top League, which ended on Saturday. As expected before the start of the main tournament of the year, which was held in a round-robin system among the 14 strongest chess players in the country, the intrigue developed mainly around how the prizes would be distributed among the three brothers.

The junior national hockey team of Turkmenistan will perform at the Asian and Oceania Championship, which will be held on March 11-19 in Ulan Bator (Mongolia).

Turkmen chess players are taking part in the Women's Chess Championship International Chess Tournament, which started on March 5 in Tashkent (Uzbekistan). ORIENT was informed about this by the Chess Federation of Turkmenistan.

The famous ex-basketball player Michael Jordan is recognized as the richest sportsman in history according to the calculations of the publication Sportico.

Turkmen karate players are taking part in the second stage of the Karate1 Series An international tournament, which started on March 10 in Konya (Turkey).

The XII Spartakiad among law enforcement officers, organized with the support of the Democratic Party, the National Center of Trade Unions and the Magtymguly Youth Organization, has started in Turkmenistan.

The first phase of ticket sales for the Summer Olympic Games in Paris 2024 showed unprecedented success. Over 3 million tickets were sold in three weeks.

The second Winter International Sports Games "Children of Asia", which were held from February 23 to March 5 in the Kemerovo region, were recognized as the best in history, TASS reports, citing the words of the head of the international committee of the Games, Vladimir Maksimov.

Silk Road Rally Raid this year will be open to riders from all over the world. The organizers have started collecting applications and negotiating with the participants, the head of the Silk Road Rally Vladimir Chagin told TASS.

Turkmen swimmers have won 19 medals of various denominations at the Asian Open Aquatics Championships, which ended in Bangkok (Thailand).